India is buidling world’s largest cricket stadium in Motera, Gujarat

India, the cricket frenzy nation has a big reason to celebrate. The world’s largest cricket stadium is coming up in Motera, Gujarat. Located in Motera near Ahmedabad in Gujarat, and named after the iron man of India, Sardar Patel, the stadium will take nearly two years to complete and will be bigger than Melbourne cricket stadium.

Parimal Nathwani, who is Rajya Sabha MP (Jharkhand) and Vice President of Gujarat Cricket Association shared the information and some pictures on Twitter.

Populous is designing of the world’s largest cricket stadium,
Motera Cricket Stadium, in Ahmedabad, India. The project will be home
to the Gujarat Cricket Association and is being built in collaboration
with India’s top contractor Larsen & Toubro.

CHALLENGE. Spread across 63 acres, the 110,000 seat
stadium will more than double the capacity of the old stadium and hold
10,000 more people than Australia’s iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground.

One of the main challenges for the design team was the tight
timeframe. Despite its size, the stadium will be constructed in just two
years. It will include 76 corporate boxes, four-team dressing rooms and
facilities, state-of-the-art club facilities with three practice
grounds, an indoor cricket academy and an Olympic-size swimming pool.

The sheer scale of the project presents its own challenge in
providing each and every one of the 110,000 seats with full unobstructed
views of the field.

INNOVATION. Populous is drawing on its international
experience for this precinct including high profile cricket stadiums
such as Lord’s Cricket Ground in London and the MCG in Australia.

The design of Motera Cricket Stadium revolves around two large
seating tiers, each with approximately 50,000 general admission seat
capacity; and a huge single patron concourse with 360-degree views of
the field. The seating bowl has been designed in a way that directs
patrons to fill the lower levels for smaller events. This will help in
maintaining the spectator atmosphere even when the seating bowl isn’t
full.

Motera Cricket Stadium’s pedestrian flow is also innovative with all
vehicular movement on the ground level while pedestrian movement will be
on a level above, ensuring clear segregation to limit congestion.
General spectators approach from the North side of the stadium, entering
on the first floor via a 12-metre high ramp.

IMPACT. Motera Cricket Stadium will not only be for
major local and international cricket matches, it will also be for the
community use. A community indoor cricket academy will be housed under
the podium in the stadium, with a dormitory for up to 40 athletes,
allowing students from across India and the globe to attend. The academy
also has access to six indoor practice pitches and three outdoor
practice fields.

Once completed, the stadium will become an iconic sports venue for
both aspiring and elite players. It will become one of the world’s great
cricket stadiums, putting the Gujarat Cricket Association on the global
sporting map.